Indian Ocean in pictures

BBC Indian Ocean in pictures - Part 3

'This is a remote, beautiful wilderness. The red road made such
a contrast with most of the scenery of the rest of the trip. The
Kimberley region of Australia is one of the most glorious places
I've ever visited, it's one of the last remaining true wilderness
areas of the planet. It's right up there with the Antarctica and
the Arctic in terms of minimal human impact. It's more than three
times the size of England and very few people live there
permanently.

'I went to visit a remote fish farm where crocs have started
hunting and stalking the fish-farm workers, so they called in the
croc-catchers! I went out with them; they had me tethered out at
the front of a boat with the floodlight as we searched for
crocodiles in the darkness. You get up close to one of the crocs
and shine a light in their eyes, and you sort of mesmerise them,
then reel them in.

'We hauled a three-metre crocodile into our small boat, wrapped
gaffer tape around its jaws, and sat on it. It was then transferred
to one of the crocodile conservation sanctuaries where it will live
happily, until the fish farm moves on and the crocodiles can be put
back in the area.

'Once upon a time we would have just killed these creatures, but
we've got to release that we have to learn to live alongside them.'